Jackson Alexander Ramirez....you are a true joy to my heart. I'm so very Proud of you and all you have become. You amaze me everyday with your strong heart and mind! I know you are going to be able to handle any struggle, fear, or complication that God throws your way, because of your big heart! You really, really touched my heart last night when you said this was just God making sure you still had trust in him!! And you are 100% correct! God has special plans for you, and today we might not know or understand what that may be, but your time will come. I know you will come out shining because you have Jesus on your side! Right now, today, we are going to put this struggle behind us and move on! We, as a family, will learn many life lessons from this experience! We love you so very much! And always remember we will ALWAYS be proud of you in every situation!
- John 14:6
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Day 131 of 365
Well I'm really slacking off at 365 day project! Sorry folks, I will try to do better, but with our busy lives it slips my mind a lot of times!!
As, I sit here this morning and reflect on our past weekend, I realize how very Blessed we are! God has really been working hard on our family the last few months and we have enjoyed seeing the changes. He places different struggles in our lives everyday, but to balance us out He also places Good in our lives! And we as a family have learned how to face and deal with these struggles, so we can enjoy the Good! For this, we are Blessed!
This weekend Jackson attended D-Now at our church. Aka Discipline Now. It's a weekend full of worship, fellowship, bible study, prayer, serving others and fun for the Youth Group! Him coming home and sharing all that he learned, all the stories, all the jokes that were played and all the songs he learned was one of the best feeling in the world! I love watching him grow into a Great Christian Young Man! It really makes my heart smile.
Well since Jose had to work this weekend, I volunteered my time to help with the youth on Saturday. I, with Tristan by my side, drove the 12th grade girls around to their service projects. Their assigned service project was to visit a local nursing home and to also visit some home bound church members. It was AWESOME to see Christ work through these young ladies as they talked, prayed, and visited with these people. It was a great experience not only for me but for my lil T! I was so glad she got to witness these high school girls talking and speaking of Christ! What a Blessing!
I'm just so Thankful for all of the Leaders, helpers, and ministers at our church and in our Youth Department. You are all 'helping' us raise our kids into great Christian young people! Ya'lls time, talents, and hearts mean a lot to me and my family. And to you we say Thank You!!!
Looking for a picture to share from our weekend is kind of funny. As you all know T loves to steal my phone and be a photographer. Most of the pictures she took were of herself, of course! But as I kept looking I came across one that she took at church, and I loves it! I hope when she took this picture she saw the true beauty in it as I do......
Friday, January 27, 2012
Day 129 of 365
Yummy dinner on the table when I got home from a long day at work. Thanks my love it was Yummy!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Day 127 of 365
The sweetest note I've ever seen! It actually brought some tears to my eyes!
T left this for Daddy tonight, as he is working tonight! He will be one happy camper when be gets home and sees this.
Day 126 of 365
Jackson is getting ready for middle school baseball try-outs, starting this week. I had him go out and get some tips from a local high school player/friend. He seems to take the criticism from a teenager better than he does from us! Good luck son.....we love you!